---
layout : layout
title : markgroves
description: "Here you will find my work on photography, adobe lightroom, open source, agile, lean and continuous deployment"
---

<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
		<!-- featured image -->
        <div class="ten columns home_featured_large">
			{% assign post = site.categories.photograph | first %}
			<div class="large_photo" style="width=100%;">
				<a href="{{post.url}}">
					<img src="{{site.largepath}}{{post.photograph}}" style="width: 100%;" />
				</a>
			</div>
        </div>
        
        <div class="row" >
			<div class="five columns offset-by-one">
				<div id="intro_text">
					<p>Hello my name is Mark <span>Groves</span>, I'm a <a href="http://www.codeplex.com" target="_blank" title="I work on CodePlex">software geek</a>,
					 a <a href="{{site.url}}/photographs.html" title="My Photography">photographer</a>,
					 a father, a husband, a <a href="http://runkeeper.com/user/markgroves/profile" target="_blank" title="Runkeeper Profile">runner</a>, a brewer of fine beverages.</p>
					<p>My two creative passions in life are software and photography, I'm lucky enough to make a living at one of them.</p>
					<p>This site is where I post my photography work and share my opinions.</p>
					<p>If you have an opinion share it, I'd love to know what you think of my work or anything else for that matter. </p> 
				</div>
				<div id="social">
				<ul>
						<li>
							<a href="mailto:mgroves84@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="write me an email">
								<div id="email"> </div>
							</a>
						</li>
						<li>
							<a href="http://twitter.com/mgroves84" target="_blank" title="follow me">
								<div id="twitter"> </div>
							</a>	
						</li>
						<li>
							<a href="http://facebook.com/mgroves84" target="_blank" title="find me on facebook">
								<div id="facebook"> </div>
							</a>
						</li>
						<li>
							<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-groves/0/24/26" target="_blank" title="find me on linkedin">
								<div id="linkedin"> </div>
							</a>
						</li>
						<li>
							<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/markgroves" target="_blank" title="subscribe to updates">
								<div id="rss"> </div>
							</a>
						</li>

					</ul>
				</div>
			</div>
        </div>
            
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="sixteen columns" id="home_recent_photographs">
            <h5 class="latest_photographs" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black; margin-top: 20px;
                margin-bottom: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;">recent photographs</h5>
			{% for post in site.categories.photograph offset:1 limit:8 %}
			{%		assign alpha_omega = ''	%}
			{%		if forloop.first  %}
			{%			assign alpha_omega = 'alpha' %}
			{%		endif %}
			{%		if forloop.last %}
			{%			assign alpha_omega = 'omega' %}
			{%		endif %}
			{%		assign portrait = '' %}
			{%		assign thumb = 'normal_thumb' %}
			{%		if post.photograph_max_width < post.photograph_max_height %}
			{%			assign portrait = 'port' %}
			{%			assign thumb = 'portrait_thumb' %}
			{%		endif %}
			{%		if forloop.index > 5 %}
			{%			assign hidden = 'hide' %}
			{%		endif %}
				<div class="recent_home_photos two columns {{alpha_omega}} {{portrait}} {{hidden}}" >
					
					<a href="{{post.url}}">
						<img src="img/blank.gif" class="clear_thumb"/>
					</a>
					<div class="{{thumb}}" style="background-image: url({{site.thumbpath}}{{post.photograph}});"></div>
				</div>
			{% endfor %}
        </div>
    </div>
</div> <!--container-->
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
	    <div class="ten columns featured_article" style="float:right;">
            <div style="float:right; border-bottom: 1px solid black;width: 100%;text-align: left;">featured</div>
			{% for current_post in site.categories.blog reversed %}
				{% if current_post.layout == 'post' %}
					{% assign featured_post = current_post %}
				{% endif %}
			{% endfor %}
			<div class="idea">
				<article>
					<h2><a href="{{ featured_post.url }}">{{ featured_post.title }}</a></h2>
					{{ featured_post.content | split:"<!--more-->" | first}}
					{% if featured_post.content contains '<!--more-->' %}
					<a href="{{featured_post.url}}">continue...</a>
					{% endif%}
				</article>
			</div>
        </div>
        <div class="five columns recent_articles">
            <div style="float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid black;width: 100%;text-align: left;">recent articles</div>
            <br>
            <ul id="list">
				{% for post in site.categories.blog limit:7 %}
					{% unless post.url == featured_post.url %}
					<li>
						<a class="postlink" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
					</li>
					{% endunless %}
				{% endfor %}
            </ul>
        </div>


    </div>
</div><!--container-->

